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Can't take credit for this; the work was done by Carter Gaddis of the Tampa Tribune on the newspaper's excellent Rays Report. But here's a Reader's Digest list of past Red Sox-Rays fights. (Except for the 2006 showdown, which occurred in Fort Myers in an exhibition game, all these incidents happened at Tropicana Field.)
March 27, 2006: Julian Tavarez vs. Joey Gathright after a tag play at the plate.
April 24, 2005: Trot Nixon vs. Dewon Brazelton after benches emptied when Tampa Bay's Lance Carter a) threw a pitch behind Manny Ramirez, who then homered, and b) threw at the head of the next batter, David Ortiz.
Sept. 28, 2004: Bench-clearing incident after Scott Kazmir hit Ramirez and Kevin Millar in consecutive at-bats. Bronson Arroyo had hit Aubrey Huff and Tino Martinez earlier in the game. Kazmir was ejected.
July 18, 2002: Rays reliever Esteban Yan is the only player ejected after Tampa Bay’s Brent Abernathy and Ramirez are both hit twice by pitches at.
Aug. 29, 2000: The grand-daddy of them all: Pedro Martinez hits Gerald Williams leading off the game, and three separate bench-clearing incidents ensue as the Rays attempt to exact revenge. Eight Tampa Bay managers, players and coaches are ejected from the game; no Sox are tossed. Martinez takes a no-hitter into the ninth, when it's broken up by John Flaherty.
Again, great work by Carter Gaddis. Click the link for more details on each incident.
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